Bells Two Hearted Ale

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Bottle from daknole (thanks!). Pours a hazy orange gold with a large beiged white head, leaving lots of nice lacing as the head settles out. Loads of floral and citrus hops on the nose, and a little bit of toast. Medium to thick creamy body, with lots of sweet malt. Nice grapefruit finish, but it takes a little while to come to the forefront, developing rather slowly. This one was from batch 8678, packaged on August 13, 2008, so about half a year of age on this, so I may have to see if I can lay hands on a less than one month old one at some point and re-rate it, as I thoroughly enjoyed it, but would love to taste it even fresher.

Draft. Pours a nice golden color with a touch of haze. Big off white head that is slow to fade and has great lacing. Strong hop aroma. Definite floral, pine, and grass notes. Medium low carbonation with a rich mouthfeel. The hops continue on the palate. A mix of floral and pine on the tongue from the hops with some bread from the malt. The hops and malt are in perfect balance for the style. Finishes with a lingering bitterness. I have to say, this is a great example of the style and a must try. I am going to keep a few of these in the fridge!

12 oz bottle. Heard great things, wanted to try this for a while, finally found it. Pours a golden copper with a finger high white head. Really a gorgeous color to it. Smells of hops, a little malt, lemony citrus, and some floral arrangement to it. The only thing I’ve had compare in smell was Hopslam, also by Bells. Surprisingly though, the taste was mediocre. Weak and watery, with similar flavors to the smell, except much less hops and malt. Somewhat smooth going down, but quite disappointing. Wish it had more to the taste.

(bottle) Huge, stiff off-white head and hazy, carbonaceous orange-gold body. Aroma is sweet grapefruit-fruity and floral-piney hops. Medium bodied. Not as sweet as I would have thought from the aroma; starts off a little soapy, but that turns into a medium but smooth bitterness.

12oz - Random find at the Winn Dixie in Fort Walton Beach, FL. Hazy copper and tan head, Solid malt throughout supporting a good amount of hops. Bright floral nose and a seltzerlike finish from the bottle conditioning. I enjoyed this.

Bottle in FL. Pours hazy apricot with a medium sized head. Aroma is piney, soapy, with some esters. Palate is medium-thick, with nice soft carbonation and a long finish. Flavor starts soapy with some back-palate caramel malt. Mid-palate transitions with flowers and light grapefruit. Finishes hop-bitter, with a nice lasting bitter bite. Overall, a very well balanced ale with firm flavor and a refreshing finish.

It pours a hazy golden color. The aroma of the hops is evident from the beginning. It has a nice sweet hoppy taste. It is a very flavorable beer, but a little lighter than the standard IPA. Great beer to drink!

My favorite beer in the whole world. Could be offensive to anyone who hates flowery brews. The perfect balance of all possible flavors in my opinion. I love it.